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Third runner to successfully run around the world. Having run 50,000 km, he holds the record for the longest world run according to the World Runners Association guidelines. Mangan is the third person to be inducted into the WRA membership. [citation needed] Date Oct. 25, 2010 – Oct. 27, 2014 Duration 4 years, 3 days Distance
Peter Charles McCarthy Robinson (9 November 1951 – 6 October 2004) was an Anglo-Irish comedian, radio and television presenter and travel writer. He was noted for his best-selling travel books McCarthy's Bar (2000) [1] and The Road to McCarthy (2002), in which he explored western Ireland and the Irish diaspora around the world.
Spirit of Freedom balloon, first solo aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling from Northam, Western Australia [32] Steve Fossett: 67 hours, 1 minute, 10 seconds 28 February 2005 3 March 2005 GlobalFlyer first solo nonstop un-refueled fixed-wing aircraft flight around the world from Salina, Kansas [33] [34] [35]
The World Runners Association (WRA) is a small group of ultra-runners which aims to provide a consistent set of rules for athletes attempting to complete a pedestrian circumnavigation, as well as to ratify and record attempts completed as per these rules.
Robert Garside (born 6 January 1967), calling himself The Runningman, is a British runner who is credited by Guinness World Records as the first person to run around the world. Garside began his record-setting run following two aborted attempts from Cape Town , South Africa and London , England .
In contemporary operation, PowerPoint is used to create a file (called a "presentation" or "deck") containing a sequence of pages (called "slides" in the app) which usually have a consistent style (from template masters), and which may contain information imported from other apps or created in PowerPoint, including text, bullet lists, tables ...
Pat Farmer established the fastest around Australia long run record of continuous running in 191 days and 10 minutes (around 6 months) over 14,662.4 km (9,111 mi) during his Centenary of Federation run. He set a new world 10,000 km (6,214 mi) record in 129 days, broke a long-standing Australian record of more than 13,383 km (8,316 mi) in 174 days.
Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports is the third book in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. It was released in the United Kingdom and the United States on May 29, 2007. [2] [3] The series is set in modern times, and revolves around the 'flock', a group of human-avian hybrids on the run from the scientists who ...